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UPDATED: Facebook brings Chat heads from Home for Android to iOS
NEW YORK--Facebook will bring the Chat Heads messaging multitasking feature of its Home launcher for Google's Android to Facebook app for Apple's iOS this week, according to a senior Facebook executive.
UPDATED: Facebook: Home features coming to Apple's iOS 'very soon'
Facebook plans to bring select features of its new Home launcher Google's Android to its mobile social networking app for Apple's iOS.
Barnes & Noble's Nook preloads Pinterest, overhauled Facebook app
Barnes & Noble is bolstering its Nook tablets and e-readers by preloading popular social networking applications Pinterest and Twitter as well as a revamped version of Facebook.
Facebook expands Chat Heads to Messenger for Android
Facebook is extending its new Chat Heads messaging multitasking feature to its standalone Facebook Messenger application for Google's Android.
Facebook scoops up stealth mobile software startup Osmeta
Facebook has acquired Osmeta, a Mountain View, Calif.-based mobile software startup co-founded in mid-2011 by former Google/IBM executive Amit Singh. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the deal to TechCrunch but offered no additional comment. Financial terms are unknown.
IDC: Facebook, Twitter usurp mobile display ad lead from Google, Millennial Media
Mobile publishers like Facebook, Twitter, Pandora and The Weather Channel are rapidly gaining control of the U.S. mobile display advertising market, ending years of dominance by ad networks like Google, Millennial Media and Apple, research firm IDC reports.
WhatsApp smacks down Google acquisition rumors
WhatsApp has refuted reports it is in talks to sell its over-the-top messaging platform to Google .
Microsoft exec slams Facebook Home, calls Android 'complicated enough'
Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications Frank X. Shaw criticized Facebook's new Home launcher for Android, stating the concept is "remarkably similar to the launch event we did for Windows Phone two years ago."
Not every company can be Apple or Google, even if they want to be
The ambition to be a platform is a burning one right now. But not every company can be a platform, and not every company should try.
Facebook divulges Home data collection policies to quell privacy fears
Facebook has vowed its forthcoming Home launcher will not violate consumer privacy rules, outlining its data collection practices and assuring users they can disable location-based services at any time.
